A subject-specific radio propagation study in wireless body area networks

Author

Zhao, Yan ; Sani, Andrea ; Hao, Yang ; Lee, Su-Lin ; Yang, Guang-Zhong

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Queen Mary Univ. of London, London, UK

fYear

2009

fDate

16-17 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

80

Lastpage

83

Abstract

This paper presents a study of subject-specific radio channels in wireless body area networks (WBANs). The simulation tool is based on a parallel finite-difference time-domain method (FDTD) and is well suited to model radio propagations around complex, inhomogeneous objects including human bodies in WBAN. It is found from our study that radio channel characteristics in WBAN are subject specific when the received signal mainly contains the contribution of creeping waves around the human body.

Keywords

bio-optics; body area networks; finite difference time-domain analysis; radiowave propagation; wireless channels; wireless sensor networks; FDTD; WBAN; creeping waves; parallel finite-difference time-domain method; radio propagation; subject specific radio channels; wireless body area networks; Biological system modeling; Body sensor networks; Computational modeling; Computer networks; Finite difference methods; Humans; Maxwell equations; Radio propagation; Solid modeling; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas & Propagation Conference, 2009. LAPC 2009. Loughborough

Conference_Location

Loughborough

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2720-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2721-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LAPC.2009.5352564

Filename

5352564